Meanings
plural squillions
- slangA very large, unspecified number
I just ran the numbers and got 1.7 squillion, myself.
2004 May 8, Noelle S. Alito, “Re: Entropy”, in talk.origins (Usenet)3 more examples
The word million was adequate for most things, billion came in handy on occasions, but if you wanted to use a word for a very, very large number, you just had to invent one. Anna invented one: a squillion.
1974, Fynn, Mister God, This Is Anna, Ballantine Books (2000), pages 102-103You thinks to yourself, ‘There’s a billion, trillion squillion of them, no one’s going to notice.’ But that’s where professionalism comes in, sort of thing.
1990, Terry Pratchett, Eric, page 138It'll just take a squillion times longer than the age of the universe to happen.
2004 May 7, Xaonon, “Re: Entropy”, in talk.origins (Usenet)
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squillion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squillion
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